College; Leaving Colorado
I used to think about how much fun it would be to disappear from Colorado. To find a new state to become my own, to explore something unknown, to gaze upon a new sun set and rise. That idea stuck in my head until I was a junior in high school. I bared the thought about going to an in state college deep in to the obis of my brain. Being independent without any suggestions on how to live the life I didn't want from family members made my eyes light up like down town Denver on Christmas. As the concept of leaving this state drilled deeper and deeper into the obis, I began to see why I loved Colorado so much. The radiant mountains glimmering with fresh fallen snow, the blazing days of summer when leaping in a cool pool is all you can think about, the ability to hike up a mountain and 2 hours after be strolling in down town Denver. Being far away in your own dorm with your own life, but if you are desperate for love the ones that love you unconditionally are only a few hours away. Debating with friends about my disappearance taught me that disappearing isn't going to stop my family from lecturing me and telling me how to live my life, speaking to them was the only way to solve the issue. Now that my family recognizes what I want as different than what they think I want, the journey I want to experience could just be in Colorado. Now, I am finding colleges that are out of state don't have the thrill factor I used to see in them. The in state colleges have the things in education that I want and activities out side of education are present as well.
I used to think about how much fun it would be to disappear from Colorado. To find a new state to become my own, to explore something unknown, to gaze upon a new sun set and rise. That idea stuck in my head until I was a junior in high school. I bared the thought about going to an in state college deep in to the obis of my brain. Being independent without any suggestions on how to live the life I didn't want from family members made my eyes light up like down town Denver on Christmas. As the concept of leaving this state drilled deeper and deeper into the obis, I began to see why I loved Colorado so much. The radiant mountains glimmering with fresh fallen snow, the blazing days of summer when leaping in a cool pool is all you can think about, the ability to hike up a mountain and 2 hours after be strolling in down town Denver. Being far away in your own dorm with your own life, but if you are desperate for love the ones that love you unconditionally are only a few hours away. Debating with friends about my disappearance taught me that disappearing isn't going to stop my family from lecturing me and telling me how to live my life, speaking to them was the only way to solve the issue. Now that my family recognizes what I want as different than what they think I want, the journey I want to experience could just be in Colorado. Now, I am finding colleges that are out of state don't have the thrill factor I used to see in them. The in state colleges have the things in education that I want and activities out side of education are present as well.
Quinn Broer